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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2022-12-21
Date Received:
2023-01-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2022-12-28
Date Received:
2023-01-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Turned around within 6 working days very impressed and satisfied.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2022-12-27
Date Received:
2023-01-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-12-28
Date Received:
2023-01-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
2022-12-26
Date Received:
2023-01-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Easy, fast, would have been quicker if not for bank holidays
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-03
Date Received:
2023-01-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Renewed online and sent old passport via Royal Mail next day before 1pm
Arrived early the next morning and approved shortly after
Printed late that night
Delivered next day
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Durham
Submission Date:
2023-01-02
Date Received:
2023-01-04
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Not sure how but it arrived there, got approved and printed all in the same day. Did I get lucky
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2022-12-18
Date Received:
2023-01-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
London
Submission Date:
2022-12-30
Date Received:
2023-01-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Easy from start to finish and received regular updates by text. Took 6 days in total, 3 of which were weekends/bank holidays!
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
2022-12-20
Date Received:
2023-01-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Make sure the digital photo is OK and you have a few backups in case they email you for alternatives. Even if on submission it says it’s ok, when processing they came back to request another better image.
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-12-27
Date Received:
2023-01-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Overall fantastic experience. With a bank holiday for New Years, it still came within 6 working days.
The only thing I would like to mention is that the delivery was done by DPD and not TNT. I know DPD own TNT, but there was no tracking or contact from either company to say they would deliver. I checked TNT website by inputting my passport ref and postcode, but nothing shows.
I can not select from the list, but I did send my documents to Corby postcode NN18 8UA